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Index to Locations
Private or family graveyards
Frederick All Saints' Episcopal
Churchyard
Frederick All Saints' Parish
Cemetery
Frederick Frederick County Courthouse
Grounds
Frederick Mt. Olivet Cemetery
Frederick St. John's Catholic Church
Cemetery
Jefferson Reformed Church Cemetery
Middletown Christ Reformed Cemetery
Petersville St. Mark's Apostolic Church
Cemetery
Petersville St. Mary's Cemetery
Private or family
graveyard
Frederick County, Maryland
All Saints'
Episcopal Churchyard
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
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Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., November
4, 1732.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general
in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of
Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in
Maryland, 1790-91; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93.
Episcopalian.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
26, 1819 (age 86 years, 356
days).
Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal Churchyard; reinterment
at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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All Saints'
Parish Cemetery
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
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Richard Potts (1753-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., July 19,
1753.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland
state senate, 1787; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland,
1791-92, 1796-1801; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,
1801-06.
Anglican.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
2, 1808 (age 55 years, 106
days).
Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Roger Nelson (1759-1815) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., 1759.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1792-93, 1800-02;
member of Maryland
state senate from Western Shore, 1802-04; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th
District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., June 17,
1815 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at All Saints' Parish Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Frederick County
Courthouse Grounds
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
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(or had) monuments here: |
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John Hanson (1721-1783) —
of Maryland.
Born near Port Tobacco, Charles
County, Md., April
14, 1721.
Planter;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1757-73; Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1779-82; signer,
Articles of Confederation, 1781.
Swedish
ancestry.
Died in Oxon Hill, Prince
George's County, Md., November
22, 1783 (age 62 years, 222
days).
Interment a
private or family graveyard, Prince George's County, Md.; statue
at Frederick County Courthouse Grounds.
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Mt. Olivet
Cemetery
515 South Market Street
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
Founded 1852
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Thomas Johnson (1732-1819) —
of Anne
Arundel County, Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., November
4, 1732.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1774-76, 1779-81; general
in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1776; Governor of
Maryland, 1777-79; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1780-81, 1786-88; state court judge in
Maryland, 1790-91; Associate
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1791-93.
Episcopalian.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
26, 1819 (age 86 years, 356
days).
Original interment at All Saints' Episcopal
Churchyard; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Richard Potts (1753-1808) —
of Maryland.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., July 19,
1753.
Delegate
to Continental Congress from Maryland, 1781; member of Maryland
state senate, 1787; delegate
to Maryland convention to ratify U.S. constitution, 1788; U.S.
Attorney for Maryland, 1789-92; district judge in Maryland,
1791-92, 1796-1801; candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland;
U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1793-96; Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals,
1801-06.
Anglican.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
2, 1808 (age 55 years, 106
days).
Original interment at All Saints' Parish
Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Charles McCurdy Mathias Jr. (1922-2010) —
also known as Charles McC. Mathias; Mac
Mathias —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 24,
1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1956
(alternate), 1972;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1959-60; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1961-69; U.S.
Senator from Maryland, 1969-87.
Episcopalian.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; Society
of the Cincinnati.
Died, from complications of Parkinson's
disease, in Chevy Chase, Montgomery
County, Md., January
25, 2010 (age 87 years, 185
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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James Cooper (1810-1863) —
of Gettysburg, Adams
County, Pa.; Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., May 8,
1810.
Whig. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Pennsylvania 12th District, 1839-43; Pennsylvania
state attorney general, 1848; resigned 1848; U.S.
Senator from Pennsylvania, 1849-55; general in the Union Army
during the Civil War.
Died in Columbus, Franklin
County, Ohio, March
28, 1863 (age 52 years, 324
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Roger Nelson (1759-1815) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., 1759.
Democrat. General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary
War; member of Maryland
state house of delegates from Frederick County, 1792-93, 1800-02;
member of Maryland
state senate from Western Shore, 1802-04; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1804-10 (at-large 1804-07, 4th
District 1807-10); circuit judge in Maryland, 1810-15.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., June 17,
1815 (age about 55
years).
Original interment at All Saints' Parish
Cemetery; reinterment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George Baer Jr. (1763-1834) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., 1763.
Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1794-95, 1808-09; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1797-1801, 1815-17;
state court judge in Maryland, 1813; mayor
of Frederick, Md., 1820-23.
Catholic.
Slaveowner.
Died in Hyattstown, Montgomery
County, Md., April 3,
1834 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Ritchie (1831-1887) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., August
12, 1831.
Democrat. Lawyer;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; served in the Union
Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1871-73; defeated,
1872; circuit judge in Maryland, 1881-87; Judge,
Maryland Court of Appeals, 1881-87.
Episcopalian.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., October
27, 1887 (age 56 years, 76
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Jacob Michael Kunkel (1822-1870) —
also known as Jacob M. Kunkel —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., July 13,
1822.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state senate, 1852-53; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 5th District, 1857-61.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April 7,
1870 (age 47 years, 268
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Francis Brengle (1807-1846) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
26, 1807.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1834-36; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1843-45.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., December
10, 1846 (age 39 years, 14
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Thomas Contee Worthington (1782-1847) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born near Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Md., November
25, 1782.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812; lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1818; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 4th District, 1825-27; member of Maryland
state executive council, 1831-33.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April
12, 1847 (age 64 years, 138
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Milton George Urner (1839-1926) —
also known as Milton G. Urner —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., July 29,
1839.
Republican. Lawyer; Frederick
County State's Attorney, 1871-75; U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1879-83; member of Maryland
state senate, 1888-90.
Methodist.
Died in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., February
9, 1926 (age 86 years, 195
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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William G. Cole (d. 1877) —
also known as W. G. Cole —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Mayor
of Frederick, Md., 1859-65.
Died July 25,
1877.
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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George W. F. Vernon (1843-1921) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., June 14,
1843.
Republican. Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War;
postmaster at Frederick,
Md., 1867-69; U.S. Surveyor of Customs, 1878-82.
Member, Loyal
Legion; Sons of
the American Revolution.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., August
11, 1921 (age 78 years, 58
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Joshua Johnson (1744-1802) —
of Maryland.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., June 25,
1744.
Tobacco
dealer; U.S. Consul in London, 1790-97.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., April
17, 1802 (age 57 years, 296
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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John Columbus Motter (1844-1915) —
of Maryland.
Born December
4, 1844.
Circuit judge in Maryland, 1890.
Died June 12,
1915 (age 70 years, 190
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Irving Stanton Biser (1869-1951) —
also known as Irving S. Biser —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in 1869.
Republican. Postmaster at Frederick,
Md., 1923-35.
Died in 1951
(age about
82 years).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Philip Thomas (1747-1815) —
of Maryland.
Born in Kent
County, Md., June 11,
1747.
Candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland; candidate for
Presidential Elector for Maryland.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., April
25, 1815 (age 67 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Reno Sheffer Harp (1866-1946) —
also known as Reno S. Harp —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., October
3, 1866.
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Maryland, 1920.
Member, Knights
of Pythias.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., August
17, 1946 (age 79 years, 318
days).
Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
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Francis Scott Key (1779-1843) —
of District of Columbia.
Born in Carroll
County, Md., August
1, 1779.
Lawyer;
U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, 1833-41.
During the war of 1812, while on a mission to obtain the release of a
prisoner from British forces, witnessed the bombardment of Fort
McHenry from the deck of the British ship Surprise; that
night, September 13-14, 1814, he wrote a poem "The Spangled Banner".
The poem was published soon afterward, rapidly gained popularity, and
became the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem.
Died, from pleurisy,
in Baltimore,
Md., January
11, 1843 (age 63 years, 163
days).
Originally entombed at Old
St. Paul's Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.; later interred in 1866 at
Mt. Olivet Cemetery; memorial monument at Golden
Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
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St. John's
Catholic Church Cemetery
Frederick, Frederick County, Maryland
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Roger Brooke Taney (1777-1864) —
also known as Roger B. Taney —
of Baltimore,
Md.
Born in Calvert
County, Md., March
17, 1777.
Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1799-1800; bank
director; member of Maryland
state senate, 1816-21; Maryland
state attorney general, 1827-31; U.S.
Attorney General, 1831-33; U.S.
Secretary of the Treasury, 1833-34; Chief
Justice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1836-64; died in office 1864.
Catholic.
First
Catholic to hold a U.S. cabinet position.
Died in Washington,
D.C., October
12, 1864 (age 87 years, 209
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery; statue at State
House Grounds, Annapolis, Md.
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Relatives: Son
of Michael Taney and Monica (Brooke) Taney; married, January
7, 1806, to Anne Phoebe Charlton Key (sister of Francis
Scott Key; niece of Philip
Barton Key (1757-1815); aunt of Philip
Barton Key (1818-1859)). |
| | | Political family: Pendleton-Lee
family of Maryland (subset of the Four
Thousand Related Politicians). |
| | | Cross-reference: John
Merryman |
| | | Taney County,
Mo. is named for him. |
| | | Epitaph: "He was a profound and able
lawyer, an upright and fearless judge, a pious and exemplary
Christian." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier — Find-A-Grave
memorial — Biographical
Directory of Federal Judges |
| | | Books by Roger Taney: Memoir
of Roger Brooke Taney : Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the U.
S. |
| | | Books about Roger Taney: Bernard
Christian Steiner, Life
of Roger Brooke Taney, Chief Justice of the United States Supreme
Court — Charles Smith, Roger
B. Taney : Jacksonian Jurist — Suzanne Freedman, Roger
Taney : The Dred Scott Legacy (for young readers) |
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Outerbridge Horsey (1777-1842) —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born near Laurel, Sussex
County, Del., March 5,
1777.
Lawyer;
member of Delaware
state house of representatives, 1801-04; Delaware
state attorney general, 1806-10; U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1810-21.
Slaveowner.
Died near Petersville, Frederick
County, Md., June 9,
1842 (age 65 years, 96
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Enoch Louis Lowe (1820-1892) —
of Maryland.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., August
10, 1820.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1845; Governor of
Maryland, 1851-54; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Maryland, 1856;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Maryland.
Catholic.
Died in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., August
23, 1892 (age 72 years, 13
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Louis Victor Baughman (1845-1906) —
also known as L. Victor Baughman; "Little Napoleon of
Western Maryland" —
of Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., April
11, 1845.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; lawyer; newspaper
editor; farmer; horseman;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1880
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1888;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Maryland 6th District, 1886; Maryland
state comptroller, 1888-92; president, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company; president, Frederick, Northern & Gettysburg Electric
Railway Company.
Died near Frederick, Frederick
County, Md., November
30, 1906 (age 61 years, 233
days).
Interment at St. John's Catholic Church Cemetery.
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Relatives: Son
of John William Baughman and Mary Jane (Jamison) Baughman; married 1881 to Helen
Abell. |
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memorial |
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Reformed Church
Cemetery
Jefferson, Frederick County, Maryland
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William Cost Johnson (1806-1860) —
of Maryland.
Born near Jefferson, Frederick
County, Md., January
14, 1806.
Whig. Lawyer;
member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1831-32, 1844; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1833-35, 1837-43 (16th District
1833-35, 5th District 1837-43); delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1836; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850.
Slaveowner.
Died in Washington,
D.C., April
14, 1860 (age 54 years, 91
days).
Interment at Reformed Church Cemetery.
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Christ Reformed
Cemetery
Middletown, Frederick County, Maryland
St. Mark's
Apostolic Church Cemetery
4135 Saint Marks Road
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
| Politicians buried
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Francis Thomas (1799-1876) —
of Frederick, Frederick
County, Md.; Frankville, Garrett
County, Md.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., February
3, 1799.
Democrat. Member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1822, 1827-29; Speaker of
the Maryland State House of Delegates, 1829; U.S.
Representative from Maryland, 1831-41, 1861-69 (4th District
1831-33, 7th District 1833-35, 6th District 1835-41, 5th District
1861-63, 4th District 1863-69); Governor of
Maryland, 1842-45; delegate
to Maryland state constitutional convention, 1850; U.S. Minister
to Peru, 1872-75.
Episcopalian.
Slaveowner.
Killed
by a locomotive while walking on railroad tracks near Frankville,
Garrett
County, Md., January
22, 1876 (age 76 years, 353
days).
Interment at St. Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery.
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Samuel Laurence Gouverneur (1799-1865) —
also known as Samuel L. Gouverneur —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., 1799.
Lawyer;
member of New York
state assembly from New York County, 1825; postmaster at New
York City, N.Y., 1828-36.
Died in Frederick
County, Md., September
29, 1865 (age about 66
years).
Interment at St. Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery.
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Idamae Garrott (1916-1999) —
also known as Idamae Riley —
Born in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1916.
Democrat. School
teacher; member of Maryland
state house of delegates, 1979-87; member of Maryland
state senate 19th District, 1987-94.
Female.
Member, League of Women
Voters.
Died in Silver Spring, Montgomery
County, Md., June 13,
1999 (age 82 years, 171
days).
Interment at St. Mark's Apostolic Church Cemetery.
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St. Mary's
Cemetery
Petersville, Frederick County, Maryland
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Outerbridge Horsey (1910-1983) —
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., October
1, 1910.
U.S. Vice Consul in Naples, 1938-39; Budapest, 1940-41; Madrid, 1942-47; U.S. Consul in Rome, 1947-55; U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1962-66.
Died August
18, 1983 (age 72 years, 321
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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Outerbridge Horsey (1819-1902) —
of Burkittsville, Frederick
County, Md.
Born in Delaware, February
28, 1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; distiller;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Maryland, 1876;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Maryland, 1880.
Died January
5, 1902 (age 82 years, 311
days).
Interment at St. Mary's Cemetery.
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